"This group lacks defensive traits. To make up for my average defense, I have high hp. You're the only one with heavy armor," Wolf said as he stood in the center of everyone. "Since we're saving the fighting for sunrise, I suggest we head to the nearest outpost as a group. They are safe points in the middle of the combat area."

Even though that was said, Yuuki was already off into her own world. "Hey, wake-," Wolf attempted to nudge Yuuki but the little winged beast intercepted the call. "You don't really like me, do you, little guy?" Wolf said to the baby dragon. "Well I guess that makes sense," Wolf began. "Ever since we met, she's only showed hostility towards me." Wolf scanned himself really quickly. From a strangers point of view, he looked pretty much like a monster. 6'5", fur cape with shaggy black hair and mysterious golden eyes, it couldn't be helped if he was assumed to be an enemy.

Wolf took out a stored piece of Centaur meat that he saved from the restaurant and offered it to the little beast. Finally off of his guard, Wolf was able to approach Yuuki. "Don't make me carry you," Wolf said gently shaking the blue haired beauty before him.

"Alright, formation," Wolf said quickly analyzing the situation. "Amon in front. Not being on the offensive, the one with the most armor will take the lead. Mizuko for second. The highest speed will grant her the ability to quickly aid whoever needs it most. Black on the left and Nick on the right. I'll take the rear. Once Yuuki wakes, she'll be behind Mizuko for support."

Black headed to the left of their little group. He felt naked without his throwing knives but he really had to get used to his spear. It looked a lot like a staff but on one end there was a blade in the shape of a leaf. The main part of the staff was a metallic green but the blade was an ivory color. Looked almost like a weapon that an elf would use in another game. He got into position and waited for the group to get moving. As he had some skill in stealth he would stay close enough to the group to be able to see if they got into trouble but far enough away so as not to be easily visible to them. The further out he went the more notice he could give about danger and more time for the group to react and get into position. Wearing his dark green cloak and brownish armor the minute he stepped into the bush he seemed to vanish, and he had never felt safer.

As Mizuko sat down in the restaurant and watched as most of the people from the last boss battle piled in. It was as if everyone planned to meet here. Suddenly, a loud smack was heard in Wolf's direction and her head quickly turned towards him. It seems that Yuuki, one of the females from the boss battle had smacked Wolf. Her eyes lingered at Yuuki as she made her way back to where she was sitting. Mizuko muffled her giggle and went back to finish her meal.

Afterwards, everyone decided to a swan paddle boat rental place. "A swan peddle.... boat?" she thought. Before she could finish her thought, she was pushed out of the restaurant with everyone else and soon climbed into one of the boats. During the entire ride, Mizuko was silent. She was somewhat glad that she wasn't assigned to paddle. Everyone seemed to be talking and having fun like this was the real life... which isn't. "This is a virtual world, a game that we need to beat in order to log out." she pushed that thought into her head.

Soon, they had arrived at the Forest of Myth. As she got out of the boat, she heard Wolf start to throw out ideas of what to do. "We could send out a recon squad while some of us wait here. We could head to the nearest outpost and make like we're connecting the dots until we get to that island. We could just waltz right in and battle to our hearts content and then quickly make our way to a safe point. Or we could come up with more options." he had said. Yuuki had decided to stay here and sleep while the others went to explore. "Since we're saving the fighting for sunrise, I suggest we head to the nearest outpost as a group. They are safe points in the middle of the combat area.Amon in front. Not being on the offensive, the one with the most armor will take the lead. Mizuko for second. The highest speed will grant her the ability to quickly aid whoever needs it most. Black on the left and Nick on the right. I'll take the rear. Once Yuuki wakes, she'll be behind Mizuko for support." They were going to go to the nearest outpost. As she waited for the group to begin walking, she surveyed the combat field. "Always know your surroundings" The words lingered in her mind as she looked deeper.

"Yosha," Wold said as he picked up the surprisingly light figure. Soon after, the golden snitch circled Wolf and then softly landed on his head, making a nest out of his messy mane.

The group quickly made their way across the battlefield while keeping their eyes, and skills, peeled. Wolf felt the tingling all too soon. They were in sight of the outpost. Two ladders, one on the front and one on the back, were the only entrances to get up this mini sniper tower. The look of it was almost like a club house that rich people would be able to afford. The lines to the safe area made it so you could remain unharmed even on the ground, leaving a couple feet of leeway.

"Looks like we have company," Wolf said even though he knew the whole group felt their presence.

Vyse was pleased with his new weapon, the extra weight felt comforting on his back. He strolled down the main street of the marvelous white city and eventually came to the ferry dock. The sun was about to disappear over the horizon, but Vyse was rearing for action. The ferryman called out to everyone waiting around -he guessed the ferry was operating again- and boarded with the crowds.

Soon enough the boat came upon a smaller dock, and Vyse saw a makeshift boat with the head of a swan tethered to the shore. "I guess I'm going the right way." he thought. He stepped off the ferry, and the wood of the dock creaked under his boot. His tracking skill wasn't high, but he was able to determine his friends footprints out of the numerous ones scattered across the shoreline. He picked up on their direction and set off through the foliage in search of them. "I hope they haven't run into trouble."

Being put in the front would not have been Amon's first move but he didn't mind too much considering he was the only one in the party wearing heavy armor. "It is times like these where I wish I had gotten my shield skill up instead of my 2-handed." Amon thought to himself. Looking around for any potential threats Amon eventually caught sight of the first safe point and just in time too. It was starting to get dark and he had yet to see any monster's.

Signaling that they were close to the first safe point Amon loosened up his defenses just a little bit. But seeing Wolf tense up a second afterwards put him back on full alert again. After a moment he felt it too. He wasn't sure what he was feeling since he hadn't ever felt the need to level up his awareness stat but he knew what ever it was, there was a lot of it.

The trees and brush flew past Vyse as he charged through the foliage in pursuit of his friends, the occasional twig or leaf lodging itself in his long, silver hair. as he stopped to rest for a minute he leant against a tree, breath heaving and chest burning. He wasn't sure why, but he had an inkling that the party was in trouble. A burning in the back of his head told him something wasn't right. With a sigh he slumped against the tree and tried to regain his breath.

As he sat against the tree there was a sound to his left. He quickly turned and got up, searching for the source of the noise. The smell of burnt wood and charred flesh filled the air, and from the bushes emerged a small fire drake. Vyse immediately drew his sword from his back and held it between him and the drake. It's scales clacked as it crawled from the bush. Without letting the beast prepare an attack, Vyse rushed forward and struck the drake. While the enemy was quick, he was quicker, and his sword carved a red scar down the drakes side.

As he landed on the leafy ground, he was quietly impressed with his new swords performance. He turned and gave the large sword a twirl before readying himself for the second strike. As he crouched lower to the ground, the drake hissed and lunged forward, snapping at the air in a warning to Vyse. Again, he charged forward to strike the drake. His sword came crashing down and cleaved the small dragons skull.

He pulled the great blade from the newly slain enemy, and watched as it burst into millions of pieces and a small message appeared, displaying the col and exp earned. "That took longer than I had hoped," he thought to himself as he sheathed his sword and set off again in search of his party.

This was bad, we decided to go as a group to the nearest safe point but we're ambushed by an unknown enemy.
Nick was on the right, his sword in one hand, he was looking around him, observing.

The sound came from behind them but also in front of them, they we're being flanked.
Smart enemy, wait for a group to get inside the kill box and then take them all out at once.
But the only thing that gave them away was the loud sound of hooves.
Then, what is this enemy? Nick thought to himself.

His awareness skill was high for his level and he saw the enemy aprouch from the front.
It stepped outside the shadows of the tree and releaved itself to the group.

His chest was bare and hairy it... or he whatever it was, had a sword in one hand and a shield in the other.
Nick got a better look at him. He had the body of a horse but the chest, arms and head of a man.

A centaur. Nick said and the name of the monster was revealed. Rampant centaur.

From the bushes he heard noise, one after another more cantaurs came from the darkness.
Some held spears, swords and maces.

This will be interesting. Nick thought gripping the hilt of his sword.

Anyone got any idea's? He asked around.
His very being screamed charge in like the berserker you truly are, but in the best interest of the group he held back that thought,
for now he wanted to keep that side to himself if possible...
There will be a time he had to go all out, but he hoped that time was not now.

Black crouched down and approached the group. He had seen the hunters hide a while back and so he knew they were getting close. He saw the group, and he saw that they were stopped. Immediately he crouched down and tried to assess the situation. The only reason they would have stopped is if they had trouble. Then hearing the rustling of the bushes he knew that there was an enemy in the trees and they were most likely unfriendly. He had gotten fairly used to the length and weight of his spear so he decided to use it. Now was the best time to try and figure it out in combat. He approached the rustling quietly trying to not give away his position, almost getting trampled as a result. Several centaurs walked near him not obviously seeing him. His hiding skill must have been a lot better then he thought.

He followed them so as to get behind a couple of them and waited for the group to make their move. He really wished that he had his throwing knives but if he had learned anything lately it was that they needed a lot more leveling up before he could use them reliably on this level of enemy. Crouching in the bushes he was close enough to hear everything that was said by the group, but he just hopped they couldn't see him and point out his position before he could get an attack or two in.

Mizuko continued walking, keeping her guards up, in case any monsters decided to attack. Catching sight of the outpost, she suddenly felt another presence, well many more. "Looks like we have company," she heard Wolf tell them. Crap. First swan boats. Now, an ambush by unknown monsters. This day just gets better and better. She thought sarcastically as she took out her rapier. Then the running of hooves was heard and she was sure the entire group by now knows someone or something is near. A figure then revealed itself to the group in the front. Body of a horse. Head and arms of a man. A centaur. she thought and then the name appeared on top of it. Rampant centaur. it read. Then noises were heard all around them, and one by one, the centaurs appeared from the shadows. Soon, they had all surrounded the group, making everyone get close to each other. Mizuko's grip tightened as she spoke. " An ambush..... by centaurs." she said under her breath. "Looks like we need to be cautious of how we attack. We are outnumbered, as you can see."

"Clearly outnumbered," Wolf said with eyes that looked ready to kill. "But we clearly out skill them." Wolf quickly scanned the battlefield as the group stood off to the new found enemy. "15 of them, 4 spears, 3 sword and shield, 2 axes, 2 maces, and 4 single swords. Counting Yuuki out, We have 5. Wait, who's this? We have 6."

"Mizuko, I trust you and Black to handle the spearmen. They could cause a lot of problems if they aren't dealt with but luckily they have low defense. Amon, help Mizuko get to the spearmen by any means possible while taking on the 3 sword and shield. Focus on delaying. Nick, the axes are yours. Utilize your speed to keep them off balance and on their toes. Stay alive. I'll take on the 4 single swords."

"What about the 2 maces?" Someone in the group asked.

"I believe our friend will handle those," Wolf said as the group gave him a weird look. "He'll come the moment I make our mark. Ready? Set."

With his sword out he listened to wolf who was a tactical genius at this point.

He licked his lips, the two with the axe were his, he was excited to saw the least.

A howl was heard, the signal to attack.
The howl caused the centaurs to stutter for a second, that was all that nick needed.

He charged his sword shining red. Sonic Leap Nick jumped up into the air and was launched into the centaur group.
He sliced the first one with the axe on the right side, his sword entered it's chest on the left right below the neck,
and ended on the right above it's hip.

Nick looked as it jumped away from him. it's HP dropped to the yellow zone.
Tougher then it looks. Nick thought as he ran towards the centaur again, it tried to kick nick away with it's hoeves, but nick droped onto his back and slit under the centaur sticking his sword in it's stomach sliding till was behind it.

The centaurs health dropped into the red zone and it was pissed. It's friend joined the fight.
Nick jumped up and away before he was trampled by the two centaurs.

A sharp keening sound pierced her ears, and Yuuki let out a startled cry, before realization hit her of where she was. Scrambling away from the warmth holding her captive, she fell onto the ground with a thud and took in her surroundings. She was inside the forest holding the enemies, and said pursuers looked in on them, seeming to close them in to the enclosed space. Grabbing blindly for Olive, he sat upon her head and screeched, warning her. She laughed slightly, looking at what appeard to be centaurs.

'Too late for that,' Yuuki thought in amused disdain. Looking around, everyone had their weapons drawn for battle, and in turn, Yuuki did the same. Getting up, she patted her clothes with her free hand, running her fingers deftly through the blue mass on her head quickly. Someone charged at the monsters, someone she hadn't seen much. Or it may just be her hazy mind. Maa, she was still in a lazy, tired stupor from being awaken so abruptly, but she pointed her sword in front of her, the light bouncing off of the blade in purple streaks. The sun still shone bright, but judging the amount of light, she had gotten at least a good 10-15 minutes of rest. It was satisfactory enough. Slicing the blade in her left hand diagonally down, she cleared her mind of thoughts and swiftly sprinted towards the nearest centaur, not catching it in surprise in the slightest. It stamped a hoove down where her right foot was, and Yuuki had to pull it back in fear of being squashed. Pushing it into the ground behind her, Yuuki swung the blade forward, dragging it down the thing's chest. It let out a strangled cry, and charged forward to close the space between them, and Yuuki almost snorted at the dumb thing.

Backing up into a tree, she grabbed a branch for levarge as the pounding of hooves came closer. As the monster reached her, it outstretched its arms, making out to grab her. Hoisting herself up using the branch, she blackflipped, slicing the head as she came down upon its back. It was by now bucking itself to and fro. Stabbing it through the neck, it ceased to move anymore and it vanished into a shower of red spards. Yuuki licked the blunt edge of her blade sadistically as she dashed for the next one.

The <<Howl>> set him off like a gun shot. He jumped out and used both hands to thrust the spear into the closest spearman. The point pierced right through to the other side of its body, skewering the centaur just like a hot dog. Having a new found respect for the spear Blacknite pulled it back and as soon as he landed he thrust it up making an X in the body of the centaur not even giving the enemy time to turn. The one advantage of a spear could also be a detriment and that was the length. Having blind siding the animal and not giving him time to react he was getting in blow after blow without any damage received but the other centaur was getting in position to fight and there was no way that that fight would be easy.

The health for the centaur he was attacking was in the red from the two strikes and so he practiced one of the "sword skills" that he knew and might work with the spear. He pulled back and held the spear as it turned a dark red and then he let it go. The spear pierced through and killed the enemy before the spear it was holding had time to circle around and strike him.

Just as the shards of the existence of his target were disappearing the other one was already in position and started charging right through the remains of his compatriot. Crouching low Blacknite waited for the last moment and tried to roll to the opposite side of the spear to attack. He only got half way before the spear he was holding contacted the ground and stopped his roll barely out of the path of the hooves that would have probably killed him. Picking himself up he looked around to see what the situation was only to see the centaur coming around for another pass. Getting back into position Black waited again.

"Mizuko, I trust you and Black to handle the spearmen. They could cause a lot of problems if they aren't dealt with but luckily they have low defense. Amon, help Mizuko get to the spearmen by any means possible while taking on the 3 sword and shield. Focus on delaying. Nick, the axes are yours. Utilize your speed to keep them off balance and on their toes. Stay alive. I'll take on the 4 single swords." Wolf had given orders to them. The second Mizuko heard Wolf <<HOWL>>, she knew that was a signal, meaning attack. Without much time to waste, she zoomed past the other players and with her rapier, she sent a bunch of «Linear» at the nearest one. The centaur's HP dropped 3/4 to the yellow zone. She then without letting the opponent to attack, she sent «Flashing Penetrator» which hit the centaur, making a sonic boom heard in the area, and the centaur disappeared as its HP dropped to zero. "Might've overdone it" she thought and looked around quickly to see that the others were also attacking.